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Friday, August 31. 2012

Now I Don't Know What to Put on my Pancakes Tomorrow

It seems Canada may do many things right, but can't keep the maple syrup flowing.



If the thieves had somehow made off with the entire contents of the warehouse, Canada would have lost more than a tenth of its 2012 syrup harvest (3.4 million liters).


Posted by Bulldog in Food and Drink at 16:30 | Comments (11) | Trackbacks (0)

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Blueberry good, but Cranberry best.

Chocolate chip for the spoiled brats.
#1 Bird Dog on 2012-08-31 16:51 (Reply)
pancakes, eaten with cheese or chocolate. Sometimes (rarely) add bacon to the cheese (never to chocolate).
On very rare occasions, pancakes with apple and caster sugar.
#2 J.T. Wenting on 2012-08-31 17:09 (Reply)
Far be it from me to engage in the fine art of schadenfreude, but I'm sure there are a lot of sugar farmers in Vermont who are.

French toast and sausage - oh, and a nice bowl of vanilla ice cream!
#3 KellyM on 2012-08-31 18:02 (Reply)
I'm thinking Billie Sol Estes, Sgt. Friday. Sounds like his M.O.
#4 Sam L. on 2012-08-31 18:53 (Reply)
I give that a +1
#4.1 Assistant VIllage Idiot (Link) on 2012-08-31 19:14 (Reply)
Sam,

Take a poll o' the Farmers and 82.5% don't know who "Billie" was...

JMO.

The Canuck
#4.2 Garry on 2012-08-31 23:54 (Reply)
I know that, or rather, presume that. I'm old. Billie Sol was an early '60s story. But that's what search engines and wikipedia are for, helping inform and educate you whippersnappers.
#4.2.1 Sam L. on 2012-09-01 11:02 (Reply)
"The Ides of Texas"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Wt7FEy9To

This'll do it Sam.
#4.2.1.1 Garry on 2012-09-01 22:50 (Reply)
To make matters worse, Maple Syrup can only be produced through a government marketing board. There are quotas for production and it is very difficult to start your own Maple Syrup business. Now you know why it is also very expensive. They create an artificial shortage to keep the price high.
#5 EarlW on 2012-08-31 21:59 (Reply)
I personally like boysenberry best, but will not object to maple.
#6 SCOTTtheBADGER on 2012-09-01 02:49 (Reply)
You could always buy domestic maple syrup. http://www.pamapleassociation.com/
I have a hard time believing that we are unable to produce maple syrup of the same quality of the Canadians.
#7 Sean G on 2012-09-01 13:30 (Reply)

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